"Im offended that they are offended, it's a fraternity, an AMERICAN Tradition. It's what we do and did in a fraternity and hope we will continue to do" - Fun

Sounds a lot how folks thought about slavery once upon a time.

I am so tired of everyone being offended at everything!!! This is a little ridulous to me and I hope people realize that just because they were throwing an asian themed party doens;t mean they are makin gfun of you. For years there has been toga parties and you never heard of the greeks being offended. Just let people have good clean fun!

can someone tell me exactly what these students did that was so offensive?...

Native NC gal..

DITTO AND DITTO

I'm offended that they're offended. So there.

And hey… some people are less sensitive about these things and some people are more sensitive. The one thing we shouldn’t do is degrade others because they feel differently about an issue than ourselves. I was taught that it’s not what you’re called, but rather what you answer to… but I still try to remain aware of how others might receive and feel about things that are of lesser priority to me. But that’s just me.

I don’t believe the themed Duke party had any racial or discriminatory intentions and I don’t think the offended group even believes that… the issue at hand is the over-exaggeration of the Asian stereotypes. If the fraternity didn’t include some of the costumes and the invitation, there might not have been a reaction at all. Stereotypes that are left unchecked eventually become a belief to others that are ignorant of the truth. I’ve attended parties where a co-worker’s wife would apologize for not having fried chicken and malt liquor. Was she being racist..? No, because she only knew of the stereotype that she had been exposed to, she actually believed it. Now does the Kappa Sigma Fraternity know that Asians CAN pronounce Ls in words and don’t wear loin cloths? Of course, they do… they wanted to mock the stereotype and probably didn’t consider (or care) if it would offend anyone else. And I think that’s the issue.

Im offended that they are offended, it's a fraternity, an AMERICAN Tradition. It's what we do and did in a fraternity and hope we will continue to do- There have been Hollywood Movies made about it Animal House. Don't be so thin skinned, it was just a party a reason to invite women over drink and have some fun ! Join a fraternity if you think you can handle it, you'll get another education about life !

That is too funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just going to ask this one question, then will move on because I understand some can be taught and some simply cannot.

This fraternity has now been suspended by their parent organization.

Do you think the parent organization would suspend them if they hadn't crossed a line?

Do you think the parent organization would give up the dues for any length of time over a simple triviality, especially in this economy??

Iak Hsehpen February 6, 2013 6:46 p.m. Here's one for you... do you think they would have been suspended if this hadn't have been blown WAY out of proportion??

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